Man. I have got to go grocery shopping today. I didn’t make a big trip like I usually do on the weekend because they were waxing the floors when I got there and something about that smell gave me a sudden headache that caused me to leave the store before even getting a third of our weekly food supplies taken care of.
I’ve been trying to come up with a good list of items so I won’t have to go back again this week. As I’m making out the list I notice that while I’m pregnant, the items I come home with never match the list. Even if I’m carrying it in front of my face the entire time. The pregnant side of my brain takes over and starts throwing random items in that I’ve never purchased in my life. Like stew meat. I made beef stew last week because I saw the stew meat and went, “Yum.” I am not a red meat kind of gal. It never looks appealing to me, but I have to refrain from buying steaks every week. Mainly because I don’t know how to cook them. And don’t even get me started on the pickles. I hate being a cliché, but every week I try a different kind of pickle. I guess I’m okay as long as I don’t start dipping them in ice cream.
Of course - a lot of my pregnancy choices are not healthy. I have never been one to buy Little Debbie’s, but I’ve been working my way through the varieties of them on the shelf the last few weeks. Before I was pregnant, I don’t even think I knew where they were in the store. Now, it’s one of my standard weekly stops. And muffin and cake mixes? I don’t even like to bake, why do I have cupcake and muffin mixes in my pantry? And the marshmallow cereals…I obsessed over those with NikkiZ as well. This pregnancy is doing the same thing to my breakfast cravings.
My husband and son - who can’t resist the treats in the pantry when I bring them home - would really like me to stop this. As they keep reminding me, they are not pregnant and would rather not gain the weight along with me. NikkiZ, however, is not complaining one bit.
LOL. I remember craving red meat and detesting chicken when I was pregnant.
My pregnancy shopping downfall has been “California Pizza Kitchen” Thin Crust Frozen pizzas…. NEVER BEFORE PREGNANCY did a frozen pizza cross these lips… but now… I seem to find that particular brand in my freezer more and more often…
I could nto get enough red meat while pregnant, and the mere thought of chicken had me barfing. And the second we set step by in the states, I got myself a box of choclate lucky charms, and at the entire thing in two days. maybe more like 1.5… normally I would never touch that stuff. Ahhh, pregnancy.
I’m very thoughtful of my family and when I buy junk food at the grocery store (this baby has a monstrous sweet tooth), I put the goodies in an ottoman/storage bin that sits next to my chair in my living room (where I work from my laptop). I’ve got cookies, poptarts, buddy bars, etc and so forth in there right now. Muahahaha!
Thats funny. I was just posting today on how tired I am of cooking beef. It seems like every meal in Texas involves beef in some form or fashion.
I still have FIVE bags of powdered sugar in the kitchen from when I was pregnant with the Llama. I have never used them and really am not sure what the purpose of powdered sugar actually is.
Maybe you’re low on iron, about the red meat cravings anyway…
I’m that bad with my grocery list all the time -at least you have a good excuse
I’m seconding the pregnant red-meat thing. It gets me every time I go to the store.
Also, I could swear my towel smelled like donuts this morning. Meaning that I needed to very, very quickly procure a few and eat them. What can I say? The BABY wanted donuts. How could you say no to that?!!
They say if you crave red meat (and ice cubes), that your iron is low.
NOt quite sure what it means when you crave chocolate…that you’re female and your estrogen is up?
you’re welcome to borrow my recently grocery list that is on my flickr. I didn’t put a single thing in the cart that wasn’t on that list. and there was only one thing on the list I couldn’t find. score! I planned 10 dinners with that list. and almost all of the dinners allowed me leftovers for lunch. of course i’m feeding 2 and not 4.
it took some time and effort but a couple of hours later I had all the meals planned and every ingredient needed on the list. of course cooking would be involved. and we know how much you hate that.
Glad I’m not the only cliche - I’m loving dill pickles right now!
Bread and Butter pickles RULE. As for cooking red meat? a George Foreman grill is all you need and you will have perfection. And it cooks chicken and fish really well as well!!
My first I craved peanut butter and made a special trip to the grocery store for olive loaf….have you ever even seen olive loaf? It’s like bologna with chunks of olive in it-how disgusting is that? I knew I must be pregnant. With the second it started with pickles and baked beans. Then I couldn’t eat at all. Everything made me gag so I would just sit and think of food and whatever thought didn’t make me gag was the food of the week. Fruit for one entire week, pasta with butter for another week-until week 12. Amazing I managed to produce a nearly 11 lb daughter after that!
Suddenly I want an olive loaf. I’ll be back.
Heh. As long as the pregnant lady’s happy…
Some of the things I wanted while pregnant were so disgusting I couldn’t believe I wanted it even as I shoveled it down. What was even weirder for me was some of the things I disliked pre-pregnancy but craved during ended up remaining favorites and some I’d never touch now!
BTW are you still going to post at your new website - Pregnant and Unemployed? Just wondered.
I catch myself putting the weirdest things in my cart…today I bought a bag of caramels and an apple pie. I don’t usually like apple pie….
Been there!
I’m like that even when not pregnant. I’m the queen of impulse buying.
See…my problem is not the grocery store — it’s the McDonald’s I pass on the way. I can’t resist double cheeseburgers from there. If I could eat one every single day, I’d be a happy pregnant momma!
I could not get enough Grapefruit juice when I was pregnant. Unsweetened, 100% pure grapefruit juice. I drank gallons of it.
I had a similar problem while pregnant. I kept coming home with half meals. For instance, I wanted salad, so I got tomatoes, croutons, onions, but no lettuce. I wanted pasta. I got garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, but no pasta. I forgot the chicken for my stuffed chicken. Yeah, my husband had to head back to the store every single time right after me because I would realize I forgot stuff before I even made it home. Now that I’m not pregnant I blame it on having two kids and mommy brain!